AMERICAN SONS to Premiere in Washington, D.C at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the National Museum of the Marine Corps

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact americansons@gmail.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 20, 2026 — AMERICAN SONS, the award-winning PBS documentary produced by Laura Varela and directed and produced by Andrew James Gonzales, will be presented in two special screenings of the film’s theatrical cut at distinguished national institutions this November: the Smithsonian National Museum of American History…

UN TRIP: RAÚLRSALINAS AND THE POETRY OF LIBERATION PREMIERES NATIONALLY ON PUBLIC TELEVISION SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

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For Immediate Release Sept 10, 2026 UN TRIP: RAÚLRSALINAS AND THE POETRY OF LIBERATION PREMIERES NATIONALLY ON PUBLIC TELEVISION SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 “The poem once described as the Chicano equivalent to Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” shimmers with the film’s jazz-inflected pulse, a way of hearing not just Salinas’s voice but also the eternal echoes of the…

UN TRIP SCREENS AT BEYOND BAROQUE IN VENICE, CA OCT. 4, 2025

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Join us at Beyond Baroque for a night honoring the legacy of the beloved Chicano poet raúlrsalinas, whose words and activism continue to resonate across generations. In partnership with The Global Latinidades Center, this free and public program brings together film, poetry, and conversation to celebrate Raúlrsalinas’ profound contributions to art, liberation, and community. Before and after…

Intimate Conversation with Laura Varela & David Zamora Casas: Film Screening and Performance Preview

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Presented by Slab Cinema Arthouse at Slab Cinema Arthouse, 134 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210 Free and Open to the Public Please join us for an evening of film, poetry, and an intimate conversation with award-winning filmmaker Laura Varela and renowned Queer Xicanx Interdisciplinary Artist David Zamora Casas. Slab Cinema presents this Xicanx Month special…

Film, Flor y Canto at East Side Cultural Center in Oakland April 19, 2024

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You are invited to the screening of UN TRIP: RAÚLRSALINAS AND THE POETRY OF LIBERATION, in conversation with co-director/producer Laura Varela on Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:00pm at the EastSide Cultural Center in Oakland. Presented by the EastSide Arts Alliance, “Un trip: raúlrsalinas and the poetry of liberation” is a 25-minute split-screen jazz and liberation documentary based on the poem “Un…